Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spirit just because their opponents are from Harvard or Yale? There is no magic significance in either a Crimson jersey or a Blue jersey. It takes men to make a football team--men who will permit nothing to stop them. Princeton has such men and that "drive" which can defeat Harvard and Yale--the "drive" that Eddie Hart's team had. It will be an injustice to themselves if the 1916 team doesn't live up to the implicit confidence which the University has in them. We believe in them. We believe that they will come home victors from Harvard...
...sterling defence put up by the team when it held Tufts for four downs on its one-yard line. Tufts was able to win because of its superior forward and lateral passing game against which the Crimson had no adequate defence. The touchdown which gave the University its second defeat since 1911 was due to a long gain by Captain Westcott of Tufts on a triple lateral pass...
...Freshman association football team will play Worcester Academy tomorrow afternoon on Soldiers Field at 3:30 o'clock. Worcester has a strong team and the 1920 players will try to make up for their earlier defeat by Worcester...
...future opponents of the University football team all won their games last Saturday. Princeton and Brown faced easy opponents and won by large scores, but Yale was hard pressed to defeat Colgate...
Moore, Tibbott, Driggs and Eddy were the men who contributed most to Bucknell's defeat. Moore in particular played a spectacular game, scoring two touchdowns on end runs of 50 and 65 yards respectively. The other three men were all steady gainers and found little difficulty in penetrating the Bucknell line. Princeton's line was none too strong, however, and the opposing backs frequently found large holes in it and had to be stopped by the secondary defence...